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Definition of Withers
Withers

The ridge between the shoulder bones of a horse, at the base of the neck. See Illust. of Horse.

Related Definitions:
At, Base, Between, Horse, Neck, Of, Ridge, See, Shoulder, The


Withers Quotations

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.
George MacDonald

The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.
Pearl S. Buck

The state is not abolished, it withers away.
Friedrich Engels

Intelligence flourishes only in the ages when belief withers.
Emile M. Cioran

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch.
J. B. Priestley

Bill Withers and Curtis Mayfield, those are the people who informed me in playing the bass.
Colin Greenwood

There is no royal road to anything, one thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly. That which grows slowly, endures.
J. G. Holland

One thing at a time, all things in succession. That which grows fast withers as rapidly; and that which grows slow endures.
J. G. Holland

Withers Translations

withers in Italian is sfiorito


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